Cash-recorder



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(No Model.)

0. E. STONE. CASH REGORDER.

Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EDWIN STONE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CASH-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,586, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed June 28, 1889. Serial No. 315,896. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES EDWIN STONE,

of the city of Baltimore, and State of Mary-- land, have inventedcertain Improvements in Cash Recorders or Indicators, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In the further description of the said invention which follows referenceis made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a front exterior view of the improved cash-recorder,and Fig. 2 a section taken on the dotted line 2 2,'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asectional plan of the invention, taken on the dotted line 3 3, Fig. 2.Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details of the invention, on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.

In the said drawings, A is a cabinet having a hinged door B, and adrawer O in the lower part.

D D are brackets which support the moving mechanism of the device.

E is a frame having the side pieces a thereof provided with the channelsrepresented by b, and which extend the whole. length of the said pieces.This frame is hung between the brackets D by means of pins 0 in thebrackets which enter grooves cl in the side pieces. (See Figs. 4 and 5.)A weight 6, having lateral projections f, which 'fit loosely in thechannels I), rests upon a roll of paper F, which is wound around a drumg. (Shown in Figs. Land 5.) This drum is adapted to turn easily on ashaft h, the ends of which (See Fig. 4.) The weight 6 serves to pressthe coiled strip of paper down on the cross-piece t', which connects theside pieces a. (See Fig. 4.) From this it will be seen that the roll ofpaper is retarded from unwinding, it being held between the weight andthe cross-piece 'L'.

G is adrum, preferably of polygonal shape, the-length of the sides beingthe same as the distance which the drum is adapted to move at eachoperation of recording a sale, as will hereinafter appear. A cylindricaldrum will answer the purpose, but the polygonal one is preferred for thereason that a flat surface is presented to the strip of paper where thesame is to be written on, as will be hereinaf= ter described. This drumis susceptible of an intermittent movement, effected as follows:

The drum-shaft H is loose in the drum, and its ends fit loosely in holesin the brackets D. I is a ratchet-wheel fastened to one side or face ofthe drum G, and J a hand-lever secured to the shaft H. The end of thislever projects through a slot in the front of the cabinet, and isprovided with a ringj, through i which the finger may be inserted todraw it down in the operation of recording a sale.

K is an arm which, like the lever J, is attached to the shaft H,carrying a pawl 7;, which rests directly on the teeth of theratchet-wheel I. This pawl may have a spring over it, if desired, but inmost cases such spring is not required.

One of the brackets D is furnished with a lug Z, (shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2,) carrying a pin on, on which is a pawl n, also in contactwith the teeth of the ratchet-wheel. This second pawl is provided with aspring 0, which keeps it in contact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel.

From the above description it will be seen that in drawing down thelever J by means of the finger the drum G is rotated a distance equal tothe pitch of the ratchet-teeth; or, in other Words, the drum is movedone tooth by the pawl L. A reverse movement of the ratchet-wheel anddrum is prevented by the action of the pawl 02. A backward movement ofthe hand-lever J is effected through the medium of the bell-crank 1),link g, which connects the upper arm of the bell: crank with the arm K,rodsr and s, the former having a slotted head and the latter a pin 1,which rests in the said slot, and the springs u and o. The object inhaving the slotted c011- nection between the rods 1 and s is to reducethe movement of the rod 8, so that its end may be adapted as a bolt w tosecure the drawer C from opening. The drawer is fitted with a keeper a,which engages with the bolt w when the same is down. An outward move--ment of the drawer, when the same is released from contact with the boltw, is effected by means of a rod 1) and a spring 0'; but I do not claimany invention in the mechanism for holding and releasing the drawer, assuch devices are old.

The end of the paper strip is carried from the drum 9 around a stud cl,over the drum G, and down in the rear of the front of the turned in theproper direction, is wound, and l a tension placed on the drum M, so asto infiuence it to wind the paper strip as the same is delivered fromthe drum G. In the front of the cabinet is a glass plate 0 and abovethis plate is a slot P. The paper strip is in the rearof this slot andalso of the plate of glass, and through the slot a pencil, pen, or stampcan be inserted and the amount of a sale recorded on the paper. Aftertheamount of the sale is recorded on the paper the handie or lever J isdrawn down, which has the eifect of moving the drum G, one tooth of theratchet-wheel, and the paper strip the same distance down the cabinet.The slack of the paper strip is taken up-by the drum M through theinfluence of the spring is, as before described. At the time the paperstrip is moved the bolt 20 is drawn up and the cash-drawer released, sothat the In the movement spring 0 willthrow it out. of the drawer thearm on is pushed forward and trips the striking-arm of the gong Q,whichis sounded. -When the drawer is forced back after the amount of thesale has been deposited, it is caught by the bolt'wand held until thelever is againdrawn down after the recording of another sale.

In order that the paper strip may be guided over the drum G, I providethe same with an apron 0, which consists of a curved plate,

one end of which is attached'to the stud d" and the other to the stud p.

The drum G is provided with teeth on its surface which enter or passthrough the paper strip, and thereby prevent its slipping.

The glass plate is preferably of such length as will show the record of,say, eight or nine' sales, but the number does not affect the invention,and the slotP is of such width as will admit of the salesman easilywriting the:

amount of the sale througlrit on the paper.

It will be understood that a sale once recorded cannot be erased orinterfered with by any one without opening the door of the cabinet,which is kept locked, and that the record is in full view of thepurchaser as he stands in front of the cabinet. ;It is intended whenthe'sale is recorded that the person who makes the sale and moves thehandle shall place with the figures a letter or mark which will identifyhim with the sale, so that when the paper strip or that part of it whichis covered with figures is torn off, the proprietor or cashier can tellby whom every sale is made, and the aggregate of the sales may beascertained by adding up the column.

I am aware that it is not new to combine with a cash-drawerhaving a slotin its upper surface and a glass plate leading from the slot a roll ofpaper with mechanism whereby the paper is made to moveaoross the slotand longitudinally of the glass plate, and such invention I disclaim;butIamnot aware that a cabinet having a cash-drawer in its base adaptedto slide in a horizontal directionand provided with a vertically-placedglass plate and a slot above the glass plate has been combined with arollof paper adapted to be intermittingly moved across the slot and downthe glass plate by the movement of a device which also releases thecash-drawer, whereby the recorded sales are in a position to be .read

by the customer while standing in front of the cabinet; and

I therefore claim as my invention- In a cash-recorder, a cabinet havinga slot in its front side and immediately beneaththe said slot a glassplatein a vertical position, and below the. glass plate a drawer,combined with a roll of paper situated in the .rear of the slot andglass plate, an operatingdever, and mechanism, substantially asdescribed, whereby the paper is made to move a certain distance acrossthe slot and down the plate, and the drawer opened at one operation ofsaid lever, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES EDWIN STONE.

Witnesses:

WM. '1. HOWARD, .INo. '1. MADDOX.

